Bad Blood

Bad Blood links to studies of Australian history. The novel has been written as a dual narrative telling the story from the point of view of both fifteen year Will today and Ruby, an indigenous servant girl, in the 1940's. Events play themselves out as past and present collide. Explored themes are family and belonging, secrets, identity and the 'Stolen Generation'. As part of the English Alive program, the novel has a number of accompanying worksheets, found in the English Alive Teacher Resource Book Phase 3, covering language, reading, thinking strategies, and an overview of the novel.